Our tennant moved out of our townhouse at the end of February and we were a little worried about being able to rent it out quickly and not having to make too many of the morgage payments ourselves. Jim doesn't have much overtime available at work right now, so Stacie had to work full time to help pay the morgage. Luckily, we only had to pay 1 month ourselves. Just when it looked like we might have to pay another morgage payment, we we're able to rent it out and the tennants mov
ed in on March 30th .
Stephanie and Stacie's ebay business is doing really well. We were invited to join a few design groups, but we held out because we wanted to join a group where we felt the other designers would compliment our designs and be of the same quality. We applied to two groups that we were interested in joining and and were invited into one of them, Boutique Invogue! We are extatic. For those that don't know, a design group will list things together and some are very well known (in boutiqueland) and have quite a large following. Everyone puts Boutique Invogue in the auction listing so a person can look up just our groups items by searching those words. Your items tend to sell better if you are in a design group.
Riley loves to talk on the phone now. Before, if you held the phone to his ear, he would just smile while he listened, but now HE does all the talking and while YOU listen.
We took a trip to Lake Tahoe in February. We were supposed to go with Stacie's sister and her family, but her brother in law was unable to get work off, so they offered to watch Riley so Jim and I could get away just the two of us. We had a fun time snowboarding and ice skating, but everytime we saw a young child learning to ski or ice skate, it made us miss Riley and wish we'd have brough
t him with us.
Stacie's brother and his wife Brittny had a baby girl, Emma Madison, on January 10th. She's adorable (of course).
Stacie is really enjoying her sewing class and has turned in two projects. Her first project was a tote bag and her second pajama pants. She received an A on both projects and is now working on a shirt for Riley.
We spent Easter at Jim's parents house. Riley was interested in the Easter Egg Hunt only after he learned there were goodies for him inside each egg. After finding each egg he'd hand it to Jim and wouldn't find another egg until it had been opened and Riley was given a small candy or fruit snack from inside.
Till next time,
Jim, Stacie & Riley
ed in on March 30th .Stephanie and Stacie's ebay business is doing really well. We were invited to join a few design groups, but we held out because we wanted to join a group where we felt the other designers would compliment our designs and be of the same quality. We applied to two groups that we were interested in joining and and were invited into one of them, Boutique Invogue! We are extatic. For those that don't know, a design group will list things together and some are very well known (in boutiqueland) and have quite a large following. Everyone puts Boutique Invogue in the auction listing so a person can look up just our groups items by searching those words. Your items tend to sell better if you are in a design group.
Riley loves to talk on the phone now. Before, if you held the phone to his ear, he would just smile while he listened, but now HE does all the talking and while YOU listen.
We took a trip to Lake Tahoe in February. We were supposed to go with Stacie's sister and her family, but her brother in law was unable to get work off, so they offered to watch Riley so Jim and I could get away just the two of us. We had a fun time snowboarding and ice skating, but everytime we saw a young child learning to ski or ice skate, it made us miss Riley and wish we'd have brough
t him with us.Stacie's brother and his wife Brittny had a baby girl, Emma Madison, on January 10th. She's adorable (of course).
Stacie is really enjoying her sewing class and has turned in two projects. Her first project was a tote bag and her second pajama pants. She received an A on both projects and is now working on a shirt for Riley.
We spent Easter at Jim's parents house. Riley was interested in the Easter Egg Hunt only after he learned there were goodies for him inside each egg. After finding each egg he'd hand it to Jim and wouldn't find another egg until it had been opened and Riley was given a small candy or fruit snack from inside.
Till next time,
Jim, Stacie & Riley
